तस्मादज्ञानसम्भूतं हृत्स्थं ज्ञानासिनात्मनः ।छित्त्वैनं संशयं योगमातिष्ठोत्तिष्ठ भारत ॥
tasmād ajñānasambhūtaṃ hṛtsthaṃ jñānāsinātmanaḥ |chittvainaṃ saṃśayaṃ yogam ātiṣṭhottiṣṭha bhārata ||
- तस्मात् · tasmāt
- therefore
- अज्ञानसम्भूतम् · ajñānasambhūtam
- born of ignorance
- हृत्स्थम् · hṛtstham
- dwelling in the heart
- ज्ञानासिना · jñānāsinā
- with the sword of knowledge
- आत्मनः · ātmanaḥ
- of the self
- छित्त्वा · chittvā
- having cut away
- एनम् · enam
- this
- संशयम् · saṃśayam
- doubt
- योगम् · yogam
- yoga
- आतिष्ठ · ātiṣṭha
- take up, resort to
- उत्तिष्ठ · uttiṣṭha
- stand up, arise
- भारत · bhārata
- O Bharata
“Therefore, cutting away with the sword of knowledge this doubt of the self, born of ignorance and dwelling in the heart — take up yoga. Arise, O Bharata.”
— Original plain-language translation
The chapter ends on its feet: doubt is heart-dwelling ignorance to be cut, not nursed, and yoga is the stance to take. 'Arise' answers Arjuna's collapse in chapter 1 at last — stand up was 2.3's command, now rearmed with knowledge. Chapter 5 will press the remaining question of renunciation versus action.
— Reader's notes (original)